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Despite rising prices, govt sticking with drug deregulation
KARACHI: The government has decided to continue its policy of deregulating medicine prices despite concerns over rising costs, saying the move had ensured a steady supply of medicines and ended frequent shortages, convincing authorities to keep the current system unchanged. Irfan Nasir, who uses blood pressure medication, said for more than two years his monthly medicine expenses had been steadily increasing. “I regularly take the anti-hypertensive drug Telmis-artan. Almost every third or fou...
2 Mar, 03:05 — 2 Mar, 03:05
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